Partition wall



Jun@ 7, l' J. M. HEWLETT PARTITI ON WALL Filed June 2s. 192e INVENTOR MES /WQA/@QFHM E77 vsequently plastered.

Patented June 7, 1927.

JAMEs MoNnonnnwLETT, or fnAwnnNcn, nnwtronx. i

PABTITIONSWALL.

' v Application med annees,

The present inventionV relates to la, :method of building walls, particularly partition walls', by the use of blocks which. are laid up without, mortar, andpre'ferablyare sub- This invention is particularly applicable'to blocks made of light fibrous material but can also be used with vordinary gypsum blocks or blocks made of tile.

In accordance withfthis invention, I utilize aV form of Vmetal clip which is forced vinto place between the blocks and holds them in place Vwhile the wall is being built and then is locked to the blocks by the plaster which is subsequently applied. j

My invention can be readily understood from thel accompanying drawings which illustrate an embodiment thereof. In these drawings, Fig. l showsmy invention as apl perspective View of one ofthe clips which plied to blocks made of fibrous material;

Fig. 2 shows the invention as applied-to gypsum blocks with'the ,clips applied in a slightfly dierent mannerto connectthe iirstand second tiers; Fig. 3 is an enlark 'ed section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1,7and Fig. 4 1s an enlarged I use.

Y First considering Fig. 4, the clip, whichvv I 'tral portion 6l should be of a length just as an entirety is d'esignatedbythe letter A,

comprises two end portions 2 and 4 whichare of similar shape, and a central portion 6 which connects the end portions. The cen- Y equal to the thickness of the blocks with which the clip is to be used. Y from Fig.4 that the entire clip can be bentv It will benoted from a single piece of metal. Cross member 6 preferably connects the two ends 2 and 4 at the centers of these two ends. In each end portion 2 and 4 are a series of holes 8 which serve to lock the clips to the blocks when the plaster is applied. u e

In F ig. l, I have designa-ted the fibrous blocks by the letter'F, and in Fig. 2 I have Vblocks are pushed down between the upper with mortar.

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parts of lendportions2 and.4 of the clips A. At the 4same time, asvfsoon-asa blocklF 'of the second course isjputfimplace, afuclip A. is pushedv into posit-ion; so y:.thatlthelower por.-

tions of ends 2'and 4 embrace allower block i F and the central portion 6 lies againstthe.`

end of the second tier-block F'. The next likewise is held by the upper portion of ends 2 and 4. The wall is laid in'this same mans ner up to the top. 1

block is then forced into this clip so that it In Fig. 2 the method of laying upthe wall is exactly lthe same as that described in connection with Fig. l, except that the clipsA are applied horizontally tothe top ofthe first tier of blocks as is clearly illustrated.y The ,1,

rest of the wall may be laid up inthe manner already described, or both the horizontalv and i vertical clips may be used.

be amply rigid so that it. canfbe `truedv and willi hold in place.` It' will not, however,

ordinarily beV sufficiently strong' to stand` regular use. It is intended that this wall `shall be plastered, preferably on both sides.

Then the vplaster is applied it willy-go through 'the Vopenings 8 in the'clips` and1 bind to the faces of' the blocks G or F. When` fibrous blocks such kas are shown in Figlv are used, the plaster lwill make a particularly i A wall laid up inthe ways described willVA strong connection with the blocks by entering i the interstices between the fibres. Once the plaster is applied and sets, the clips willrbe 'i i rigidly locked tothe blocks and the wall cannot be bent without shearing the joint betweenv the plaster and the blocks, whichl i'sa stronger uniontha-nv thatkordinarily made By the arrangement shown a wall can be built very'rapidly and inexpensively, and it has the further advantage that it can be plastered immediately without wait-v ing for mortar to dry. a

lVhat I claim is:

l. In a wall structure made up of courses of blocks laid in staggered relation, clips each having a central portion which'extends vbetween two adjacent blocksl andv having end portions connected with the central por.l tion which end portions extend over partsv los of the faces of at least three adjacent blocks comprised in the wall.

2. A wall structure comprising a series of j blocks laid up with edges incontac'tand metallic clips holding said blocks together,`

said clips having flat parallel end Vportions and a central connecting portion and so posi tioned thetrtheend portions 'embrace between them part-s of three blocks and the -eentrnl portion lies between edofes of the blocks.

3. A structure 4as .cleiined in claim 2, further characterized 'by the fact that the end portions of the clips are perforated und :the structure comprises a coat of plaster which locks the clips to the blocks.

4. A structure as clenecl in Claiin 2, in which the blocks :are made of loosely com` pacted 'fibrous material, -and 'the end portions of tlieelipsare perforated, andthe structure comprises a.l coat Aof plaster which extends through the ,perfonatons in the rends of the Clips and iinto the interstioes between the fibres `of the blocks, thereby securing the clips yin place.

5. In Combination, a bni'ling block, a clip =embraeingthe block having a portion running between two faces of the block7 and tWo AHet ortonsndjacent such faces of the block,

per orations in said fiat portions, and plaster in `said perfor-ations flocking said clip to said block.

IJAMES MONROE eminem. 

